Abandoned newborn baby's life saved by policewoman who breastfed her

A diligent Officer and passionate new mother known as Luisa Urrea was called to a remote forest in the west Columbian village after locals and found a starving baby in the undergrowth with part of her umbilical cord still attached.

Few hours-old baby dumped in the woods was saved by the policewoman who said "I'm a new mother and I have milk and I recognize the needs that this poor little creature had been and thereby breastfed her before the arrival of paramedics.

She has been credited by doctors with saving the little one's life, with doctors saying the tiny girl would have succumbed to starvation and hypothermia had she not stepped in. "I think any woman would have given her nourishment in the same circumstances."

The person who found the baby (Edinora Jimenez) said "I was collecting some oranges when I heard something crying. "I thought it was a cat until I looked closer and saw that it was a baby girl."

Police commandant Javier Martin told how the baby was so recently born she still had part of her umbilical cord attached. "The girl had some lacerations and was suffering from hypothermia.

"However, she was treated quickly and is now in good health."

The infant is now being cared for by the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare who are searching for an adoptive home.

The police and health officials are searching for the baby's birth mother, who may face attempted murder charges. Orphanage director Jhon Arley Murillo said: "We could be dealing with a case of attempted homicide, although it's the prosecutor who will decide the charge."